Tag: Mic’d Up

Mic’d-up video showed what Patrick Mahomes’ dad told him after an emotional Super Bowl 57 win

This is just the best.

Throughout the Kansas City Chiefs’ run to their Super Bowl 57 win, Patrick Mahomes avoided much of the trash talk that teammates like Travis Kelce took part in. After all, he had his biggest fan, Pat Mahomes Sr., for that.

But come Sunday, even Pat Sr. was in awe of his son’s gutsy performance.

Mahomes — playing on a high-ankle sprain that he would eventually re-aggravate — carried the Chiefs to a 38-35 win over the Eagles with a second-half performance for the ages. When the game ended, the Chiefs quarterback spotted his father behind a barrier and shared a long embrace.

Thanks to NFL Films, we can hear what was said in that moment.

Mahomes Sr. hugged his son and said:

“I ain’t never seen nothing like you. You different! You different. I love you. I love you to death, baby. You know I do. Damn, you’re good.”

The two ended the exchange with an emphatic high-five. Mahomes knows he did well when his own father can’t believe how good he is.

We’re certain to see more clips like that as NFL Films puts together its footage, but fans enjoyed this look at a sentimental father-son moment.

Watch: Tom Kim mic’d up for CBS broadcast, birdies 13th hole at 2023 WM Phoenix Open

One of golf’s brightest young stars was mic’d up Saturday.

For the third straight week, CBS had a player wear a mic during its third-round broadcast. This time, it was Tom Kim sporting the AirPod on the par-5 13th hole during the WM Phoenix Open at TPC Scottsdale.

Safe to say he’s a fan of the atmosphere and craziness.

“I wish we had this every week. Not going to lie,” Kim said with a smile on his face.

He’s no stranger to massive and loud crowds. He thrived at the 2022 Presidents Cup for the International team.

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Last week, Kim was a part of a foursome that included Jon Rahm, J.J. Watt and Michael Phelps playing a practice round at TPC Scottsdale. He talked about learning from Rahm, who has plenty of experience at the People’s Open., and how Rahm talked with him about which lines to take.

“Jon Rahm makes golf look very, very easy. He’s great. He’s awesome.”

On Friday, he sported a Devin Booker jersey on the par-3 16th hole, appealing to the local fan base.

While mic’d up, Kim talked about having Joe Skovron, Rickie Fowler’s former caddie who was on the bag during Fowler’s win in 2019 at the WM Phoenix Open, and how Skovron has helped Kim since taking over his bag. Kim and Fowler played together on Saturday.

He also discussed with the CBS crew about working with instructor Cameron McCormick.

After hitting the fairway with his drive, Kim proceeded to stick his approach shot to 4 feet for eagle. Kim lipped out the eagle putt but converted on the birdie.

Kim then discussed a practice round he had at TPC Scottsdale with Olympic legend Michael Phelps, recently retired NFL standout J.J. Watt and Jon Rahm.

Two weeks ago, it was Max Homa who was mic’d up. Last week, Keith Mitchell sported the mic. This time, it was Tom Kim, who has quickly become a fan favorite and blossomed as one of the world’s best players at only 20 years old.

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WATCH: Chiefs DE Frank Clark, TE Travis Kelce mic’d up for AFC Championship Game

The #Chiefs mic’d up Frank Clark and Travis Kelce for the AFC Championship Game against the #Bengals and it went just as you’d expect.

The Kansas City Chiefs made some wise decisions when choosing players to mic up for the AFC Championship Game against the Cincinnati Bengals.

Typically, we only get one player, but this time around they mic’d up a player on offense and a player on defense. They just so happened to choose the most animated player on offense in Travis Kelce and one of the biggest characters on defense in Frank Clark. These two also happen to have a penchant for going off in the playoffs, which is exactly what they did.

“For each other baby,” Kelce said. “This is for us. This one is for us.”

“Y’all know what time it is,” Clark said. “There ain’t no more hiding.”

Clark got the party started, sacking Joe Burrow on the opening drive.

“That’s what I’m talking about,” he yelled. ‘That’s what I’m talking about.”

After returning to the sideline, he let them know what was up.

“Give me my crown,” he shouted. “I’m the king!”

Travis Kelce got on the field with the offense next and the team marched down the field and scored. Kelce was the one who caught the touchdown pass and he followed it up by running around and screaming like a madman.

When he returned to the sideline, he also let them know.

“They’re going to get some more too,” he shouted.

Later there was an interesting interaction between Joe Burrow and Clark.

“You guys are comin’ today, Frank,” Burrow said.

“Yeah,” Clark said. “Keep goin’ bro.”

Clark even did his part to help get the offensive line fired up. He challenged them on the sideline, bringing rings into the discussion.

“I need y’all to press that button,” he said. “I need y’all to push that button. All that nice talking. Push the button. Real talk. Y’all want to win a go to the Super Bowl. Push the button now.”

On the biggest play of the game, we got to see Kelce’s response to Patrick Mahomes scrambling for a first down.

“You’re a *expletive* warrior,” Kelce said. “You good?”

Of course, Mahomes was plenty good.

We also got to hear the reaction from Chiefs TE coach Tom Melvin when the clock hit double zeroes.

“Let’s go play your brother in the Super Bowl,” Melvin said to Kelce. “How about that one? Holy smokes!”

Couldn’t have said it better myself.

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A mic’d-up Joe Burrow had a classy message for Patrick Mahomes after the AFC Championship

Gracious in defeat. Respect.

The Kansas City Chiefs had every reason to bask in their AFC Championship win on Sunday, especially given an entire week’s build-up where the Bengals provided their share of bulletin-board material.

That all seemingly backfired for the Bengals as Kansas City won, 23-20. But for as disappointing as the loss was for Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow, he made a point to encourage Patrick Mahomes as the Chiefs moved on to the Super Bowl in Arizona.

Mic’d-up footage from NFL Films’ Inside the NFL captured the postgame handshake between the star quarterbacks. Burrow — despite being visibly disappointed — greeted Mahomes and told him, “Go win it now.”

It wasn’t the lengthiest of conversations — these exchanges at midfield rarely are. But Burrow deserved credit for offering encouragement to Mahomes just as Mahomes had kind words for the Bengals quarterback. And odds are that we’ll see this matchup many more times over the years.

Fans also appreciated this exchange between Mahomes and Burrow.

Watch: CBS mic’d up Max Homa during the Farmers Insurance Open, and it was a great viewing experience

Max Homa being mic’d up was fantastic for golf fans.

Thanks to Max Homa and CBS, golf fans were treated to a spectacular 15 minutes of television on Friday.

During the third round of the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines in California, Homa agreed to let CBS mic him up on the par-5 13th hole. Homa, who was in fourth at the time at 7 under, spoke with CBS analysts Trevor Immelman, Ian Baker-Finch and Frank Nobilo about how to play the hole, with conversations ranging from course management to shot strategy and everything in between.

Homa put an AirPod in his left ear, and the announcers began talking to him as he walked toward his ball in the fairway. He talked about hitting his cut shot off the tee and how the wind would carry it where it needed to go.

He was also asked about how to decide whether to go for the green in two or lay up and what would go into his decision.

Homa decided to go for it in two, and he pulled his ball left, saying he hit it off the toe. When he got up by the green, Homa called for a rules official when his ball became embedded and he got a free drop. His second shot landed above the front left bunker by the green.

“I’m sure this is just in a peach of a lie,” Homa joked when walking to the green. And one he got to his ball? “I’m not going to touch it.”

After dropping his ball to play his third shot, Homa continued his jokes.

“I’m exhausted,” he said standing on the side of the hill.

His third shot landed on the green, and he two-putted for par. Homa took the AirPod out of his ear before hitting his putts.

Homa is known for being one of the best follows on Twitter because of his sense of humor, but his personality was displayed plenty when being mic’d up. He was witty and engaging while not being afraid to open up on what he was thinking during the middle of the round. Homa finished at 7 under and T-4 after his third round.

Players have worn mics before, like in the different editions of The Match, but never in a competition setting like on the PGA Tour.

The Match prepped us for what this would be like, but it was even better than imagined. Kudos to Homa and the CBS crew for doing something new that was engaging for the television audience.

After the round, Homa talked about how the experience went.

“I think it went well. There were a couple bumps, but overall I was pretty happy with it. I hope the fans at home liked it and I hope that we can do something like that, if not the same thing, going forward. That will be up to the people much smarter than me. I thought it was good. I thought it was good to have insight on the golf course. Obviously it’s going to take us as players being a lot more flexible, but this is an entertainment product and that means we should entertain.

“We’re entertainers and I’d like for the players to be flexible. If it makes you super uncomfortable, that’s all good, but it wasn’t so bad, that was the first rendition. Hopefully, like I said, people at home appreciated it and enjoyed it because I just think it’s a little different than in an interview. You’re learning about a hole, about not just the player but about the tournament and the golf course and what it takes to be playing, you know, high-level competitive golf.”

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A mic’d-up Joe Burrow had the most confident reaction to his second touchdown pass against the Bills

He’s good, and he KNOWS it.

The Cincinnati Bengals went into their AFC divisional round matchup with the Bills thinking that the league saw them as an afterthought. A Chiefs-Bills AFC title game would have meant a neutral site game in Atlanta, but the Bengals were determined to spoil those plans for the NFL.

That, they did.

The Bengals controlled the whole game and went into a snowy Highmark Stadium with a kind of confidence that seemed to catch the Bills off guard. And nobody seemed to be more confident than quarterback Joe Burrow.

We saw how Burrow responded after the game with a sweet jab at the NFL. It was no different during the game as well.

In the latest edition of Inside the NFL from NFL Films, we got to hear how a mic’d-up Burrow pumped up himself as the Bengals pulled away from the Bills. After his second touchdown pass of the game, Burrow went towards the sideline as Mike Hilton greeted him. Burrow shouted back, “I’m him!”

Update: Burrow didn’t remember saying it either.

Still, Hilton loved that answer. Bengals fans also enjoyed hearing the personality that Burrow brings to the game.

A mic’d-up Brandon Graham immediately started talking trash to the Giants during the coin toss

The game was over at the coin toss!

Over the years, we’ve seen plenty of mic’d-up footage from the opening coin toss. You’ll have the captains shaking hands, telling each other good luck and getting ready for the toss. It’s almost never interesting.

Eagles defensive end Brandon Graham is the exception to that. He knows that the coin toss is his first opportunity to throw his opponent off their game. He did just that on Saturday.

In the latest edition of Inside the NFL from NFL Films, we were treated to footage from the Eagles’ 38-7 win over the Giants in the divisional round. And man, Graham was already fired up on the walk to midfield. He had a message for each of the Giants’ captains, and they were almost taken aback by the intensity.

He said:

“Oh, yeah, boy, we running right at you, 9-7. We running right at you. And you know not to run this way! Hey 8, I’m on that throwing arm all day, 8! Yeah. We running right at you, 9-7! You look like you’re tired from this week.”

But hey, if you’re going to talk that early, you better back it up. And Graham did that with a sack in a lopsided win.

Fans also thought this footage was hilarious. You really don’t see that every game at all.

A frustrated Tom Brady had the saddest mic’d-up experience during a Bucs loss this season

He was so miserable.

Tom Brady returned from his brief retirement for another chance at leading the Buccaneers to the Super Bowl. Instead, the Bucs narrowly won the NFC South with a losing record and lost in the wild card round to the Cowboys.

But really, all you needed to see was Week 14’s mic’d-up Brady footage to realize how doomed the Bucs’ season was.

For his homecoming to the Bay Area, Brady agreed to wear the microphone for the Bucs’ social team. And we were treated to Brady urging on a lifeless offense that only managed to score one touchdown in the loss.

Brady was so over the whole experience that he asked Blaine Gabbert to reach into his shoulder pads and remove the microphone — or, as Brady called it, “This stupid thing.” To add insult to injury, Gabbert seemed to have trouble with removing the mic because it was taped in there. It was honestly surprising that the Bucs included it in the video, but we’re glad they did.

Fans also had thoughts on seeing this miserable side of Brady.

Mic’d-up video showed what Dak Prescott really said following Brett Maher’s PAT struggles

The lip readers were right!

The Dallas Cowboys cruised past the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Monday’s NFC Wild Card matchup, but it wasn’t all smooth sailing.

Kicker Brett Maher had a game to forget with an astonishing four missed extra points. It was so bad that even Jerry Jones was fielding questions about a possible change at kicker (he said he was sticking with Maher).

Now, after the game, Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott offered words of support for Maher and was confident that Maher would bounce back with a “perfect” showing in the Divisional round. But during the game, Prescott couldn’t hold back the frustration. The ESPN broadcast showed him slamming his helmet after a third missed PAT, and lip readers were convinced that Prescott said, “Go for (expletive) two!”

It turned out that those lip readers were right.

The latest edition of Inside the NFL from NFL Films included Prescott’s mic’d-up reaction to Maher’s third miss where he indeed said, “Go for (expletive) two!”

Prescott did acknowledge after the game that he saw the video of his reaction and talked it through with Maher.

But fans, of course, had thoughts on the whole outburst.

Mic’d-up video captured Sam Hubbard’s hilariously honest thoughts about his 98-yard touchdown

Love the honesty!

The Cincinnati Bengals went into Sunday night’s AFC Wild Card matchup against the shorthanded Ravens as heavy favorites, but it took a heroic effort from defensive end Sam Hubbard to get them into the Divisional round.

With just under 12 minutes to go in the fourth quarter, the Ravens lined up at the one-yard line with a chance to take the lead. Instead, Tyler Huntley’s reaching effort towards the goal line turned into Hubbard’s 98-yard fumble return for a touchdown the other way. The go-ahead score ended up being the deciding touchdown in the game, and thanks to NFL Films, we were able to hear Hubbard’s thoughts on the play.

They didn’t disappoint.

He went from pumping himself (and his speed) up to, well, some actual honesty real quick.

At first, he was yelling, “You can’t catch me!” Then — along with receiving some oxygen — he admitted he was so scared of getting caught. Of course, Mark Andrews was close to running Hubbard down and may have made the tackle if not for a questionable block. But Hubbard absolutely earned that moment, and NFL fans enjoyed the mic’d-up video as well.